Then young women will dance and be glad. And so will the men, young and old alike. I will turn their mourning into gladness. I will comfort them. And I will give them joy instead of sorrow.

那时，处女必欢乐跳舞；年少的、年老的，也必一同欢乐；因为我要使他们的悲哀变为欢喜，并要安慰他们，使他们的愁烦转为快乐。

那时，少女必欢乐跳舞；年轻的、年老的，都一同欢乐；因为我要使他们的悲哀变为欢喜，并要安慰他们，使他们的愁烦转为喜乐。

那时，少女必欢乐跳舞；年轻的、年老的，都一同欢乐；因为我要使他们的悲哀变为欢喜，并要安慰他们，使他们的愁烦转为喜乐。

那时，少女要欢然起舞，老人和青年要一起快乐。我要使他们转忧为喜，我要安慰他们，使他们欢喜，不再忧愁。

那时，童女必欢乐跳舞，年轻的和年老的一起欢乐。我必使他们的悲哀变为喜乐，我必安慰他们，使他们从忧愁中得着欢乐。

那時，處女必歡樂跳舞；年少的、年老的，也必一同歡樂；因為我要使他們的悲哀變為歡喜，並要安慰他們，使他們的愁煩轉為快樂。

那時，少女必歡樂跳舞；年輕的、年老的，都一同歡樂；因為我要使他們的悲哀變為歡喜，並要安慰他們，使他們的愁煩轉為喜樂。

那時，少女必歡樂跳舞；年輕的、年老的，都一同歡樂；因為我要使他們的悲哀變為歡喜，並要安慰他們，使他們的愁煩轉為喜樂。

那時，少女要歡然起舞，老人和青年要一起快樂。我要使他們轉憂為喜，我要安慰他們，使他們歡喜，不再憂愁。

那時，童女必歡樂跳舞，年輕的和年老的一起歡樂。我必使他們的悲哀變為喜樂，我必安慰他們，使他們從憂愁中得著歡樂。

那時處女必以舞蹈而歡樂，年青的和年老的一起歡樂。我必使他們的悲哀變為喜樂；我必安慰他們，使他們從憂愁中得到歡樂。

斯時也、處女舞蹈歡欣、少者老者同樂、蓋我使之轉哀為樂、加以慰藉、俾易憂為喜也、

男女老幼、靡不踴躍、隨在懽欣、蓋我使人轉憂為喜、破愁為樂、後加慰藉。

當是時處女將舞蹈歡欣、壯男老叟亦若是、蓋我使其憂變為喜、又加慰藉、使其愁煩之後得歡樂、

Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

The young women will dance for joy, and the men— old and young— will join in the celebration. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing.

Then the young women will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old together; For I will turn their mourning into joy And comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow.

“ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together; For I will turn their mourning to joy, Will comfort them, And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Then the young woman will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

The LORD says,“ At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

You turned my loud crying into dancing. You removed my clothes of sadness and dressed me with joy.

He wants me to help those in Zion who are filled with sorrow. I will put beautiful crowns on their heads in place of ashes. I will anoint them with olive oil to give them joy instead of sorrow. I will give them a spirit of praise in place of a spirit of sadness. They will be like oak trees that are strong and straight. The Lord himself will plant them in the land. That will show how glorious he is.

Those the Lord has saved will return to their land. They will sing as they enter the city of Zion. Joy that lasts forever will be like beautiful crowns on their heads. They will be filled with gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing will be gone.

I will build you up again. Nation of Israel, you will be rebuilt. Once again you will use your tambourines to celebrate. You will go out and dance with joy.

The wall of Jerusalem was set apart to God. For that occasion, the Levites were gathered together from where they lived. They were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate that happy occasion. They celebrated the fact that the wall was being set apart to God. They did it by singing and giving their thanks to him. They celebrated by playing music on cymbals, harps and lyres.

Mordecai told the Jews to celebrate the time when they got rest from their enemies. That was the month when their sadness was turned into joy. It was when their weeping turned into a day for celebrating. He wrote the letters to celebrate those days as times of joy. He wanted the people to enjoy good food. He told them to give presents of food to one another. He also wanted them to give gifts to people who were poor.

That’s the way it is with you. Now it’s your time to be sad. But I will see you again. Then you will be full of joy. And no one will take away your joy.

Let them praise his name with dancing. Let them make music to him with harps and tambourines.

“ You have established special times to go without eating. They are your fasts in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. They will become days of joy. They will be happy times for Judah. It will happen if you take delight in telling the truth and bringing about peace.”

Your sun will never set again. Your moon will never lose its light. I will be your light forever. Your days of sorrow will come to an end.

For seven days they celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy. That’s because the Lord had filled them with joy. They were glad because he had changed the mind of the king of Persia. So the king had helped them with the work on the house of the God of Israel.

On that day large numbers of sacrifices were offered. The people were glad because God had given them great joy. The women and children were also very happy. The joyful sound in Jerusalem could be heard far away.

Those the Lord has saved will return to their land. They will sing as they enter the city of Zion. Joy that lasts forever will be like beautiful crowns on their heads. They will be filled with gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing will be gone.

So be glad and full of joy forever because of what I will create. I will cause others to take delight in Jerusalem. They will be filled with joy when they see its people.And I will be full of joy because of Jerusalem. I will take delight in my people. Weeping and crying will not be heard there anymore.

You can be sure that I will comfort Zion’s people. I will look with loving concern on all their destroyed buildings. I will make their deserts like Eden. I will make their dry and empty land like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be there. People will sing and give thanks to me.

He continued,“ Once again old men and women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem. All of them will be using canes because they are old.The city streets will be filled with boys and girls. They will be playing there.”